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The Nightcomers

Sci-Fi & Horror • Drama, R

Set in Victorian England, The Nightcomers follows two orphans - Flora and Miles - as they are left by their tutor in a mansion, under the care of the elderly housekeeper Mrs Grose, the governess Miss Jessel, and the groundskeeper Peter Quint. When Grose attempts to have the master of the house fire Quint and Miss Jessel, the children hatch a sinister plot to keep them all together.

Tags
Children
Cast
Marlon Brando Peter Quint
Stephanie Beacham Miss Margaret Jessel
Thora Hird Mrs Grose
Harry Andrews master of the house
Crew
Michael Winner director

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